Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-01

pantaloons, and that leg on the other, thus giving Woodworths method of illustrating the first, second and third dilutions of hom- oeopathy. "Here is a picture done by De
 Gaumer in oil. It would ordinarily cost one
 hundred and fifty dollars. The frame alone
 would cost thirty dollars. What do I
 hear for the picture, frame and all together!" "Will you have it sent to my address if I
 buy it?" asked the eating house man. s'Yes, sir. Boxed and shipped anywhere {" "How about repairing that road that goes
 northwest from the foreground to the seal brown barn?"
 "That, sir, is not road. It is noun tain torrent"
 "Oh! torrent is it2 'Scuse haste and bad
 pen. Thought it was the county line road. I can see now though that it's torrent. Anybody can see it's torrent. just begin to savvy. Come to put my glasses on, I can
 see that it is rip snorting torrent leading up against a seal barn to rest and wait for street sprinkler to come along and squirt some water on it.'' ''That is not barn. It is mill, sir-a mountain mill in the Alps. Back here in
 the dim horizon you can see the Alps. How
 much for the picture, gentlemen, frame and
 alls The frame goes with the picture re-
 member, and we will send it to your address
 for you. How much do I hear for the pie ture! Start it at seventy five dollars, gentle men; sixty-6ye dollars! ffty-fve dolIars forty-fye dollars! thirty-five dollarsl twenty five dollars! fifteen dollars! five dollars! Give-me-an-oHer" "Is that 0 foreign YieWs' "Yes, sir; foreign view of Alps" Looking south?" t'Yes, sir; looking south" ''From where?" ''From the north. How much for the picture, gentlemens Don't keep me waiting Give ma bid on this beautiful picture It must be sold"
 "Who did you say painted it2" "De Gaumer"
 ssOf New York;" "Yes, of New York; "Forty cents?'
 "Forty cents! Why. the frame is worth thirty-fve dollarsl" "Forty centsl
 "You certainly don't want the picture or you would not bid forty cents only for it.' ''Thats it exactly. I bid forty cents for it because don't want it." "Well, sir, will administer stinging re- buke to you for your folly and impotence. The picture is yours and sold for forty eents.''
 sympathiZed with the eating-house man. and as had enjoyed the sale very much ! agreed to pay half of the forty cents, provi- ded he would not expect me to take the pie | ture.
 The next work of art was a twilight scene ' hut when the auctioneer explained it to me could see that it was Watkins Glen look
 Ing down. It was bid in by a gentleman who is furnishing the rotunda of his barn
 and wants something subdued. 1 Some of these pictures are called ''poi boilers," and are said to work very we'll in
 that capacity, especially the sunsets, many of which would call out the entire fire de- pertinent. They are painted sometimes by ! means of a stencil and a scarlet imagina' 1 tion. When the gas is turned upon then l they look well at the distance of a few
 blocks, but when taken home and hung bl the side of a red yarn motto, worked il
 perforated cardboard, the two seem to regard
 each other with strong personal dislike. livery foolishly allowed myself to bid thir- ! ty-fve cents for bidseye view of three-cor- nered COW, and found, when it was too late
 that she my very own. tried to get ou
 of it, and finally did so by paying the auction
 eer's commission, which was two dollars and seYenty~fve cents.